I thnk that's "eye of the beholder" stuff.
Mutilation is a seriously motive word - personally I'd use it for anything that's nsty to look at and hard to reverse/repair.
I'm wondering how long it will be before someone works out a way to replace skin with something transparent so you can achieve a "flayed man" look.
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